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• Update: Missing 68-year-old man found safe

  03-01-2026 18:28 via montrealgazette.com
  A 68-year-old man who had been missing since Friday morning was found safe and sound in Laval, Montreal police said Sunday. The man had last been seen in the Montreal North borough.
  
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• Man, 68, missing in Montreal-North, police say

  03-01-2026 18:28 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal police are appealing to the public to find a 68-year-old man who has been missing since Friday morning. Benoit Blain was last seen in the Montreal-North borough and has not been in contact since, police said in a press release Saturday, adding this is unusual for him. Authorities say they are concerned for his health and safety. Blain is described by police as a white man, 5-foot-8 and weighs 178 pounds. He has white hair and several days’ beard growth. He speaks French. He was la
  
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• The Right Chemistry: A cultural history of yogurt

  03-01-2026 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  There are some stories so good to tell that one hesitates to check their accuracy. Like the one about King Francis I of France (1494-1547) being cured of his digestive problems by eating yogurt. Suleiman the Magnificent, ruler of the Ottoman Empire with whom Francis had forged an alliance, heard about the king’s ailment and dispatched one of his court physicians to help. At the time, yogurt was already established in the Ottoman world as a “health food” and the physician prepar
  
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• Getting a jump on it: How a Montreal app can determine your ACL tear risk

  03-01-2026 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Specialists at the McGill University Health Centre have developed a free smartphone app that uses artificial intelligence to predict whether users are susceptible to one of the most dreaded of sports injuries — the ACL tear. The Hurtblocker application offers exercise programs for those deemed at risk to help lower their chances of a debilitating setback. It’s the brainchild of Dr. Paul Martineau, director of orthopaedic sport medicine research at the MUHC, who has done more than 2,5
  
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• Brownstein: Think West Island restos aren’t up to par? We’ve got news for you

  03-01-2026 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  The place has been open only a few weeks and already, there are lineups out the door for a weekend lunch — despite the fact it’s rather snowy and brisk. Even the optimistic Anthony Gentile, the mastermind behind Café Gentile West Island on Sources Blvd., is taken aback by the crowd. This is Gentile’s fourth, most elaborate and largest restaurant, but this is the operation he has been looking forward to since coming into the business. “This has been my dream for yea
  
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• Libman: Rodriguez's departure paves way for coronation of Quebec Liberal Party's second choice

  03-01-2026 11:51 via montrealgazette.com
  Two weeks ago, a National Post headline read: Liberal scandals a gift to the PQ. That was the day after Pablo Rodriguez announced he was stepping down as Liberal leader, following weeks of allegations about supposed irregularities with the leadership campaign he won six months ago. I suspect, however, that this turn of events could end up instead as “a Christmas gift to the Liberals” — and federalists — 10 months before the Quebec election. Toward the end of its second te
  
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